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Exclusive: Leaked Messages from Charlie Kirk Assassin (www.kenklippenstein.com)

submitted 3 days ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Accused shooter’s “politics” is not what government and media say

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[–] AndiHutch@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

I think seeing the actual video of the shooting up close means people are forced to accept it as real in a way that text or pictures do not force. I would also say people are in general more familiar with Kirk as a celebrity than a random healthcare CEO. Even though Kirk was a CEO too, who caused real harm, he was a lot less influential in economic terms. Perhaps it points to people caring about protecting their mental model of the world than seeing the reality of the situation.